Tag: Brown v. Board of Education

  • Black Anger: Who’s to Blame?

    Black Anger: Who’s to Blame?

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    “CRUMBS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC TABLE” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2015 (May 1, 2015) — On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a black high school student from Miami, was shot to death during an unprovoked attack on neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old mixed-race Hispanic.  The incident occurred when Martin…

  • Black Americans at the Crossroads

    Black Americans at the Crossroads

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    “A RECORD OF FAILURE” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2014 (Oct. 19, 2014) — Black Americans have arrived at a crossroads.  It is one thing to take three steps forward, one step back, three steps forward, and one step back, as they have since Reconstruction, but to arrive at a point where they are sliding backward, losing…

  • The Atonement of John Lewis

    The Atonement of John Lewis

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    “A TRAVESTY” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2013 (Sep. 2, 2013) — An open letter to Congressman John Lewis, Democrat of the 5th District of Georgia. Dear Congressman Lewis: The best that can be said for the 50th anniversary celebration of Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington is that it was a travesty. As one of…

  • Lady Justice Has Died

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    BUT HAS THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2012 (Feb. 7, 2012) — Historians might have viewed the events of Thursday, January 26, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, as one of the singular events of American history, along with landmark events such as Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee’s surrender at Appomattox;…